Lora Coleman

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2024

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“Narcissist of the Year ” by Lora Coleman

Submitted to Contest #259

I started uncontrollably smiling before I even entered the house. The girls came running out when they heard the dogs alerting my arrival. “I can’t believe you got it!” my youngest said. “That’s rude!” my oldest replied. Cade came around the corner with his arms out. “Congrats, teacher of the year,” he sang. We were going to my favorite restaurant to celebrate. I was ranting about all the crazy co-worker dilemmas that I’ve endured these past few years. All the rule changes and curriculum red tape. When times got hard, I g...

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“Click Bait” by Lora Coleman

Submitted to Contest #258

No one understood. They kept shuffling photos of smiling faces back towards me like a never ending rolodex of faces and places that I had supposedly been to. The rejected photos were like piles of denial that just kept building up with no one noticing that their weight was causing their own collapse. I could feel the pressure in the room as they waited for any flicker of reminiscent acknowledgement. I wanted to say that I wasn’t the type of person that wished for this bittersweet reminiscence that others so “suffered with” but technica...

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